Archive - The Roots of Progress

April 2025

Links and short notes, 2025-04-23

Impossible sci-fi nonsense, the shadow of the Great War, heliocentrism, the bottom-up abundance agenda, institutional sclerosis, and more

Apr 23 •

Chapter 6 of The Techno-Humanist Manifesto

Apr 22 •

Announcing Progress Conference 2025

A four-day event to connect people in the progress movement: Berkeley Oct 16-19

Apr 17 •

We should install a thermostat on the Earth

Chapter 5 (“Solutionism”), part 3 of The Techno-Humanist Manifesto

Apr 14 •

March 2025

How much does it cost to back up solar with batteries?

This turns out to be a tricky question. Here's my current, partial understanding

Mar 23 •

Links and short notes, 2025-03-18

The 150-year history of d/acc, a $120M progress fund, fertility on demand, 19th-century kids' sci-fi, the real lesson of Cassandra’s curse, giving the…

Mar 18 •

We’re hiring a developmental editor

Come work with our brilliant fellows this summer/fall!

Mar 17 •

Links and short notes, 2025-03-10

A visible sonic boom, AI in SaaS, progress on permitting reform, fewer tornado deaths, the closing of the frontier, Rousseau and Kant vs. the Age of…

Mar 10 •

Solutionism, part 2

Chapter 5 of The Techno-Humanist Manifesto

Mar 6 •

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